Title: Using shortcode within template/loop
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Using shortcode within template/loop

 *  [huskypup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/huskypup/)
 * (@huskypup)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-shortcode-within-templateloop/)
 * Hello,
    I’m a newbie when it comes to PHP and WordPress. I’m using the Skeleton
   theme for WordPress for which I have built a custom search template.
 * I’d like to use the [file_modified] short code and I thought this would work
 * `<?php echo do_shortcode('[file_modified id="'.'$post->ID'.'" format="j F Y"]');?
   >`
 * However all the files are returning the date 1 January 1970.
 * Is any one able to help?
 * Cheers
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## Tags

 * [code](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/code/)
 * [loop](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/loop/)
 * [php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php/)
 * [shortcode](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/shortcode/)
 * [template](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/template/)

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 * Last reply from: [huskypup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/huskypup/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-shortcode-within-templateloop/)
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